“Website operators who abuse technology to facilitate infringements of copyrighted works by millions of people are not anonymous – they can and will be stopped. Disabling these powerful networks of illegal file distribution is a significant step in stemming the tide of piracy on the Internet,” said John G. Malcolm, Executive Vice President and Director of Worldwide Anti-Piracy Operations for the MPAA.

quote: Worldwide boxoffice for 2005 was $22 billion give-or-take. The top 100 films generated $14.4 billion or 65% of the total. The top 25 - $8.3 billion or 38%. The top 10 (alone) a whopping $5.2 billion or 24% (the U.S. boxoffice was even more skewed with the top ten accounting for 27% of total boxoffice). Of the top 10 - 8 were escape/fantasy films and 2 were comedy/dramas. Of the top 25 - 11 were escape/fantasy, 8 comedy/drama, 4 drama/adventure, 1 horror, and 1 documentary.

There were 527 major releases in 2005, with the top 200 films generating a stunning 95% of global boxoffice leaving the remaining 300+ releases accounting for only 5%. Worldwide there were 7.8 billion admissions in 2005, down from 8.4 billion in 2004. North America accounted for 45%, Europe - 30%, Asia/Pacific - 18%, all others - 7%.

Clearly, the problem is the amount of crappy movies being released.

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